obtain

英[əb'teɪn] 美[əb'ten]

第三人称单数: obtains;过去式: obtained;过去分词: obtained;现在分词: obtaining;

1. ob- "to" + -tain.
2. => hold, take hold of, get possession of, acquire.

obtain 得到，获得

ob-,向前，朝向，-tain,伸，抓，词源同contain,tenure.引申词义得到，获得。

obtain: obtain: [15] Obtain is one of the large family of English words (attain, contain, continue, tenor, etc) that come ultimately from Latin tenēre ‘hold’. In this case its source, by way of Old French obtenir, was Latin obtinēre, a compound formed with the intensive prefix ob-, which denoted both ‘get possession of’ and ‘prevail, be established’.
=> attain, contain, continue, tenor
obtain (v.): early 15c., from Middle French obtenir "acquire, obtain" (14c.), from Latin obtinere "hold, hold fast, take hold of, get possession of, acquire," from ob "to" (though perhaps intensive in this case; see ob-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Obtained; obtaining.

1. Only with mass direct action will we obtain such change.: 只有采取大规模直接行动，我们才会取得这样的改变。

2. Gregory'sfather had implanted in him an ambition to obtain an education.: 格雷戈里的父亲早就向他灌输了要接受教育的志向。

3. Offshoring provides an opportunity to obtain I.T. services at low cost.: 离岸外包提供了以低成本获得信息技术服务的机会。

4. I could obtain with the snap of my fingers anything I chose.: 我不费吹灰之力就可以得到我看中的任何东西。

5. To obtain her degree, she answered 81 questions over 10 papers.: 为获得学位，她回答了10页纸上的81个问题。